Willimena Rules!: How to Face Up to the Class Bully - Book #6 (Bk. 6) [Paperback]

Valerie Wilson Wesley (Author), Maryn Roos (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 1 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Willimena Rules

Great things usually happen in September. Except when you get the back-to-school blues, which Willimena has. Willimena is going to be in  a bigger class, with new kids, a new teacher. It 's the first day of school, and  she's scared!  Tina, her know-it-all big sister,  says Willimena should just smile and be nice. But a smile and "nice"  won't get you very far if the class bully–also known as Mean Irene--jumps in your face. And that's just what happened to Willimena. Willimena had to  do something big  to put Irene in her place.

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About the Author

Blackboard best-selling author Valerie Wilson Wesley is a contributing editor for Essence magazine and is the author of the Tamara Hayle mystery series for adults. She is also the author of Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, for which she received the 2000 Black Caucus Literature Award in adult fiction from the American Library Association. Ms. Wesley lives in New Jersey with her husband, screenwriter and playwright Richard Wsley, and has two grown daughters.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Jump At The Sun (June 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786855258
• ISBN-13: 978-0786855254
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #657,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Issues > Bullies

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Willimena Rules" says my twin daughters, October 31, 2007

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W.E.B. (CHICAGO, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Willimena Rules!: How to Face Up to the Class Bully - Book #6 (Bk. 6) (Paperback)

It's has been very difficult trying to find books for my twin 8yr old daughters.

I wanted a series of books with the star character being an African American girl just having fun and doing kid stuff. A book that will make them know that reading is fun. This book does just that and more.

I only wish that there were more of them because I already bought them all.

If you're looking for a great chapter book for an African American girl, then author Valerie Wilson Wesley's series of "Willimena Rules" is it.

Also try, Gloria Rising and Gloria's Way by Ann Cameron.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read, March 26, 2008

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gye nyame "repsak76" (Kennesaw, GA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Willimena Rules!: How to Face Up to the Class Bully - Book #6 (Bk. 6) (Paperback)

I bought this book for my daughter and she said she really enjoyed it. She sometimes struggle with reading, but the wording in this book was not difficult for her and she was able to read it on her own. She finished it in about 3 days because she couldn't put it down.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Willie Rules!, November 3, 2007

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W. Lewis "Nettie" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Willimena Rules!: How to Face Up to the Class Bully - Book #6 (Bk. 6) (Paperback)

My daughter and I can't stop re-reading the books from this entire series. Willie is a kids, kid. A mixture of sass, insecurity, and sweetness. I was looking for a character who my daughter could identify with that also looks like her. It's important to me that she has heroes who African American too. Like the other reviewer my only wish would be for more books!